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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Luminate7s:
My phone won't show up on my computer under devices with removable storage so how can i get the boot.img out of the zip and put it on my phone? Also under my bootloader it says ***Tampered** so idk if that's bad or not.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] a box of kittens:
Did you not read? ....download it on your computer.....
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Luminate7s:
It is on my computer
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] a box of kittens:
Ok so follow the directions I gave you. Look at my other post
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Luminate7s:
Theres a million links in that thread how do i find right file with adb
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] a box of kittens:
Oops sorry I'll give you the right dl

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http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1179735&d=1344782533
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Luminate7s:
how do i open cmd within the fastboot folder
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] a box of kittens:
Basic computer knowledge... I'll let you Google that... I've done my share here I hope your phone gets better and your thanks button gets fixed
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Luminate7s:
I added the adb folder to my system variables and when i typed the code in its says ''error could not load 'boot.img' ''
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] a box of kittens:
So just place the adb folder somewhere on your desktop...put the boot.img inside of there.. make sure your phone is in fastboot...make sure you open the command prompt within the directory usually shift key+ right click and you'll see a option to open one... Than type the command I told you too
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Luminate7s:
Ok I flashed the boot.img so now do i just go to recovery and flash the rom?

EDIT: Wiped dalvik and cache, did a fr and phones booting up thanks I really appreciate it.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] a box of kittens:
Do a factory reset in recovery(tip never do a factory reset from bootloader) than flash the Rom than you should be good to go:o
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Luminate7s:
So i dont have to flash a new radio or anything else for it to work? I had an Inspire before and I had to flash new radios for different ROM's and such.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] a box of kittens:
Nope but I reccomend you make things much easier on yourself and go do s off .. this will allow flashing everything through recovery I.e. roms kernels(boot.img) radios splash screens and so on... And upgrading radio is optional it all depends on location and which one works best for you in your location

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And sorry for freaking out. spittle I've been helping people all day and it gets a little tirwsome
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Luminate7s:
Ok thanks, and it's fine I get where your coming from. And can you do all that though fastboot instead of doing S-OFF?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] DvineLord:
you don't extract the folder to system32, you extract the files.

you can try my files adb fastboot bat files.zip
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AnthonyXTrace:
Here's what happened first: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2158781

And now it won't turn on. If I plug it on a wall, it turns on and shows that blue service screen I mentioned at the post above. But when I disconnect it, the screen turns off and I can do nothing to turn it back on (tried holding power button 30 seconds, tapping it, holding the down/up vol while hold the power button, etc).

Coma Brick?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AnthonyXTrace:
Anyone please?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Have you tried to odin back to the stock Rom?

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Have you tried to odin back to the stock rom?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AnthonyXTrace:
Well...Odin cannot detect my tab since its off when I unplug it from the wall.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Do you have a custom recovery installed? If so do you have a nandroid of a working rom you can install while still on the charger? Try that but it sounds like you might have a hardware issue. Are you still under warranty

Edit it won't charge when plugged into your computer?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AnthonyXTrace:
Sorry, no CRMod installed (stupid me). This is a famous case for failed Gtab flashing. The battery drains faster than when charged. And yeah, it doesn't charge when plugged on the PC.

I might go to a repair guy (no warranty). If theres another way, I'd like to hear it.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zurukubeng:
I got same problem after flash aokp ics shw m180s, do u find any solution?
[Acer Iconia A500] SaschaElble:
Update:

Hasn't given me a problem yet, used ~12 hours a day. Power button is used alot, to turn of the screen, and to reboot because custom rom still leaks.

Stay away from silicone, moves too much, hot glue is much better, alot stiffer!
[Acer Iconia A500] graphdarnell:
I understand you used the strands to hold the power to the PCB by the sides of it (metal frame with legs going into the holes to the side), but when you said the left and right pins sticking out from the rear (along with the center one connected to D21) were GND, how did you keep them grounded?

On the attached thumbnail, you can see the metal frame is soldered to the PCB at green points and violet points; the yellow point being soldered to the left leg of D21. But what do I do with the red legs?

On my PCB, the button clips onto the metal frame latches that hold it in place. Under the microscope, it looks like it would take little force to pull those legs off the PCB copper spots (these do not go through the board as the frame legs do). So I can (1) unclip the button; (2) pry the rear legs off with an Exacto blade tip; (3) solder D21; (4) ground the left and right legs, pour some hot glue on, and be done with it! Am I doing it right?
[Acer Iconia A500] SaschaElble:
I've updated step 7 and added, step 7B for clarity. Thank you graphdarnell for pointing it out.

EVERY part will desolder. The metel case of the power button IS GROUND. Just solder pins 1 & 3 to the metal case. Since the power button is upside down this gives you room to put the strands on the side into the holes in the pcb, where the feet of the metal case used to go.
[Acer Iconia A500] SaschaElble:
Update

This powerbutton fix STILL WORKS to this day.
[Acer Iconia A500] agent0105:
You are a genius, I tried gluing it back and no luck but then I decided to take the jump and bought a 48W soldering station for 16€ and a really small head for 3,95€. They did a great job for noob like me who has only soldered one layer chips with big contacts. It took two hours to clean the previous attempt's mess and do the soldering. When I was done I only hooked up the battery, display-cable etc. necessary stuff and gave it a quick try.. IT WORKED! I only could solder the right ground instead of both left and right but I didn't let it bother me.

First thing tomorrow, I will go to local hardware store and buy some hot glue and then I try to assemble it.

My model is A501 so there is the PCI-E card for the 3g connectivity but it doesn't change anything in means of repairing the button.

You saved me the cost of new motherboard with this thread so I'm really thankful.
[Acer Iconia A500] FORFUN83:
thx

hi and thx !

could you tell me if the ground-1&3pins-wires are soldered to the holes on the back of PCB?

thx !!
[Acer Iconia A500] Ronbo85:
Excellent guide thank you. For those of you who dont have a switch here is what I did. I used a radio shack p/n 275-0003 switch. It fits perfect inside the front housing where the power button should go. I then wired 2 of the poles to the GRD points & the power circuit toggle to D21 as described above.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3y0IxAHbv5dSkhuUmJNTVNjSG8/edit?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3y0IxAHbv5dckloNlR0ZzVOWXc/edit?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3y0IxAHbv5dVUE4eTk3OUYxUmM/edit?usp=sharing
[Acer Iconia A500] FORFUN83:
thx for the great idea! can you take a picture of the soldered GND spots on pcb please?
[Acer Iconia A500] mahalocat:
my power button broke yesterday! about a month after the 2 year coscto warranty ended.

GRRRR - Will try the Radio shack Fix
[Acer Iconia A500] Ronbo85:
Sorry for the late reply, I already have my A500 together but its the outer two of the 3 contacts to the left of the LED the orig switch attaches to. Here is a pic from another forum

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n198/josbek/Puters/Old-motherboard-down-close_zpsad336662.jpg
[Acer Iconia A500] FORFUN83:
thx! but what about the 4 pins of the switch?(ABCD on my private msg) which pin are soldered to the GND spot please?
[Acer Iconia A500] Ronbo85:
Check you PM
[Acer Iconia A500] Khalbrae:
So let me get this right. You only need to solder 2 wires into the 2 holes?

I temporarily fixed this issue by carefully gluing the power button with care to avoid getting it over the contacts I saw on the board and the device.

Looks like that didn't work for more than a few months.

So now I'm going to try using electrically conductive adhesive on top of it on the specific areas pointed out.

Wish me luck :)
[Acer Iconia A500] SaschaElble:
Wow, I'm impressed, and thankful to know my information helped someone else. I had someone message me, and actually paid me a visit in person to fix his iconia.

Oh and p.s my iconia is STILL running. 100% PermaFix :P
[Acer Iconia A500] k00lguy105:
So I got the 275-003 switch from radio shack which has 4 poles so 2 poles on the same side I used as ground and one from the other side to D21, when I plug the battery in, the screen turns on but the button does nothing. Did I miss something?
[Acer Iconia A500] chokey154:
The 2 poles from the same side on the 275-003 tactile switch are bridged only when the button is pressed. So if you solder those 2 together, then your closing the circuit, which is why the tablet turns on when you plug in the battery. You have to use 1 pole of the same side for ground, and the other for your power. I tested this with a multimeter just to make sure.

Edit: I actually broke the solder point mentioned as the bottom left D21 point. From the 3 poles from the original tactile switch, the 2 outside poles are connected on the switch and the middle pole closes the circuit when the button is pressed. I'm using one of the outside points and the middle one to turn on the tablet via the Radio Shack 275-003 tactile switch.
[Acer Iconia A500] k00lguy105:
The left D21 point seemed to do nothing, but I soldered a wire to the center point and only on the right and put them both on the same side on the switch and it worked! Thanks!

This was my first time soldering ever, did some tests on an old dying HDD PCB first then did the switch, was much easier then I thought, except I don't have very steady hands but I look forward to doing more soldering projects.
[Acer Iconia A500] alucard1589:
Hi, I been struggling with this power button issue for a couple of weeks now, trying to find a place that does this fix to no luck yet (aside from an ebay seller that does it for 50dlls plus shipping that ends up being about 85dlls) so I'm thinking about doing it myself, the thing is that I'm not well versed with soldering mobos so I want to know what kind of soldering iron should I use for this and any other general tips you may have for this project to be successful
[Acer Iconia A500] SaschaElble:
Watch plenty of YouTube videos on soldering. Get a fine tip for the soldering iron. Use flux core solder. Get a hot glue gun or use silicone. You can reuse the original button if havnt lost it. Look at the pics. Read the entire thread, some good tips and clarifications to be found. Again, nice to see this thread still being useful! Oh and practice soldering on a broken piece of electronics, like k00lguy105 did!
[Acer Iconia A500] alucard1589:
thanks! btw any suggestion on the wattage of the soldering iron? or it doesn't matter that much? 'cuz I've seen some 40w and 60w and I'm not sure which should I get
[Acer Iconia A500] SaschaElble:
Get the 60w iron if you plan on soldering in the future, it should be "temp selectable", so you can always turn it down some when soldering smaller things like the power button. A little something about solder, its basically a metal with a low melting point. The "rosin flux core" thats inside the solder, is a fluid that makes solder "flow" easier, kinda like water droplets on glass. So when removing objects that are soldered on to the board, I use just enough heat to melt the solder. However, when doing tricky soldering jobs, when I want the solder to "stay put" I put my soldering iron on full temp, and wait till the solder stops smoking, (this usually indicates that all the "rosin flux" has burnt up) and wait another five minutes or so, which causes the solder to be "tackier", and helps me get the chip in place easier, once, I've got two corners in place with my "sticky" solder, I then use fresh solder to go over each pin, and lastly the two "sticky" pins.
[Acer Iconia A500] alucard1589:
thanks a lot, this has been really helpful, I'll get that kind of iron so I can get my iconia back in shape
[Acer Iconia A500] HenrikE:
Make sure to get an iron with a reasonably narrow tip! Sometimes the higher wattage irons have very wide and bulky tips and then it's difficult to solder small things. The best is of course to get several tips..
[Acer Iconia A500] SaschaElble:
The thinner the tip the easier to work with, but can also be a pain, because a thin tip takes longer for the heat to transfer and melt the solder. You'll get the hang of it I'm sure, its all touch and feel kind of work, something that can't be easily taught, more or less learned through experience. So start with broken electronics, try removing and putting back components on a broken board.

If your in the fort hood / copperas cove area, I can show you how it done ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] SaschaElble:
This should be a sticky...
[Acer Iconia A500] alucard1589:
I'm afraid I'm no were near the area, I live in El Paso that's about 600 miles west from that area
[Acer Iconia A500] seriestv:
Thanj you. Your post save my tablet. I gave to my baby, but he is crashing and dropping it every now and and then, i suposse the button suffered this time, altough i agree acer was able to place a better switch for maybe the sme price and save problems.

Anyway i used only tape to isolate.because.had bad time with silicone, too much silicone and mb wont fit the right place.

Thank you again, for now is working, but i cant close well the back panel, any tips?
[Acer Iconia A500] SaschaElble:
If its not fitting because of the silicone, use an exacto knife, to slice off a few layers. Or a dremel tool at low speeds to "sand" down the silicone... or, last but no least, peel off the silicone, which will break the thin wire soldered to d21, and redo the fix... Take a picture and put it up for me to see?

If not the silicon, Google iconia disassemble reassembly videos and watch them. They usually give great tips
[Acer Iconia A500] alucard1589:
could you guide me with the wiring of this method? from what I see in the pictures is just two of the poles to the ground and another one to the d21 but I wanna be sure about it

(sorry I had to delete the links in order to post this response)
[Acer Iconia A500] Ronbo85:
Hi, if you go back to my post #8 you can view pic links and also the original poster shows D21 point. If you ohm the switch there are 4 connections. 2 will go to the ground where the factory switch was attached to and 1 on the other side goes to D21. Will PM you a graphic. Hope that helps, let me know.
[Acer Iconia A500] SaschaElble:
Also, take note, you ONLY need TWO wires. One ground, one hot. Basically, just short d21 to ground. That is all we are fixing. How you go about it is your choice ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] kw131459:
Hi, what's the purpose for step 9 regarding the dime size gap? Is it necessary? Thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] kw131459:
Could you please send me the infor on ABCD ground point on the switch? Thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] yinkoh:
Thanks a lot !!

I succeed today to repair the power button for a friend's tablet.

Even though I was a noob at soldering or those kind of stuff (I admit however that it took me many attemps over a 2 months period but anyway :p)

For the link between the D21 point and the power button, I used a wire from an ethernet cable which is cloak with plastic just to avoid hazardous contacts...

Again thanks for sharing your tip man :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Ronbo85:
See if what I PM answers you OK
[Acer Iconia A500] SaschaElble:
The dime size space between the motherboard and power button is for alignment between the plastic button on the case and the tiny button on the power button itself. Mine was to low and wouldn't click until I adjusted it. Good question. I've updated op.
[Acer Iconia A500] syale:
I opened one up for a friend today with same symptoms. There was a piece of plastic glued between the switch and the vibrator. My friend had never had this repaired so it must have came that way from Acer?

Q. SaschaElble - Did you check the continuity of the switch between center pin and outside pins. I tested it with the switch pressed and not pressed and had I had an open circuit between the center pin and either outside pins? (It is a difficult piece to hold and test, Touching the probes to both outside pins is a short.)

I think the switch is dead but cannot find where to buy a spare. Any ideas on where to get a new switch?

Stephen
[Acer Iconia A500] SaschaElble:
The center pin will short to either outside pin only when you press the button. Also, if you still require a source for a button another member ion, i believe page two, provided a link to a radio shack link to one that he used with some info for how he adapted the button to work with the Acer. Tbh, any simple button will do.
[Acer Iconia A500] marcosyh:
A500 alternative power botton
[Acer Iconia A500] meercura:
Hello ,

If like me you didn't have another button power or have lost the old one .

You can solder a wire between this two points, Now your Button Volume Down will be used as power switch.

h'ttp://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/408938trick2.jpg

In android you can go in /system/usr/keylayout/ and edit Gpio-keys.kl , in this file you can delete the line " Key 114 VOLUME_DOWN WAKE_DROPPED" . This will disable the fuction Volume down in android when you push the button.

And it's done :p
[Acer Iconia A500] PororoThePinguin:
I found this manual and try to fix broken power button on my tablet.

I've soldered two wires: one to the D21 pin and another to the ground point. But I get no reaction when I close the wires. I check the wires connection, I close the D21 pin and ground with tweezers - there is no reaction :(

If I disconnect and connect again the battery terminal the tablet starts up and works fine until it falls asleep. And there is no reaction to power button after that :(

What is the problem?
[Acer Iconia A500] SaschaElble:
Okay... so the tablet turns on when you cold boot the tablet by re-plugging the battery... which would make me think your "power button" is stuck "pushed"

But the tablet doesn't turn it self off, as if the "power button" was NOT stuck...

Shorting d21 pin, doesn't do anything...

Board logic error? Fried power button circuit? Bad de-solder work?

hmmm...

Before anything else:

Make sure power button is properly desoldered. Check each pin, make sure none are bridged on motherboard (especially that center pin!)

Please, double check which pin on d21 you are using for power (When looking at the board, with the vibrator facing up, and the power button to the left; it is the bottom left, of d21. There are 3 pins in a triangular pattern.)

Make sure the ground you are using is the same ground the power button uses.

Can you put up a picture?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52194383&postcount=31
[Acer Iconia A500] PororoThePinguin:
Yes, it is stuck!

I completely desoldered all pads from power button using desoldering wick and soldered it again.

When I connected the battery nothing happened. Then I had the wires locked and the tablet turned on.

Thank you for your help :)
[Acer Iconia A500] SaschaElble:
Your welcome! Glad to have helped!
[Acer Iconia A500] Matra-PB:
Hi guys,

I have a Packard Bell G100 tablet, which is basically an Acer A500, so probably you can help me. I have some problem with the power button. If I press it the button led comes on, but nothing more happens, no vibration, no indication on display. If I press the button again for some seconds, the LED goes off. Battery charging seems ok. After some searching on internet, I have found this thread and I decided to ask, before doing anything with the microswitch.

I removed the back cover to take a look at the microswitch. In my tablet there is a plastic back support behind the switch, so it is firmly attached to the board. One of the solderings at the grounding points looks not so good, but it should not cause a problem, I think, because they are connected to eachother.

The tablet does not respond to any soft/hard reset attempts.

Any idea, what I should do or try?

Thanks in advance.
[Acer Iconia A500] SaschaElble:
This thread is for an unresponsive power button. It appears your power button functions.
[Acer Iconia A500] duupje:
can you pm to?
[Acer Iconia A500] hussein394:
Hello Everyone,

i know the post is a bit old but I really love my Iconica and don't want to let it got like that !

I have the same issue but unfortunately I don't have the original power button. I would appreciate it if anyone can share with me the alternative tactical switch that I might be able to use with a clear a explaintaion of how to connect it : )

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] hussein394:
Would you mind reposting the photos or pm me if it's still available ?! I don't have the original power button and thinking about another alternative, Thanks in advance :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] izz zero:
Can some developers please port the rom? I dont really know about it but i think with some work it will work on our Ace hopfully stable.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] I r o n M a n:
Just because you want a ROM means that some developer should spend hours of their time working on it?

Do it yourself if you want. And if you can't (which I know you can't), stop being so demanding.

Sent from my pet - Megatron™
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jumper62:
There are plenty of rom like the sgsii rom. Look in the galaxy ace android development section

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38354052
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vishrut Chhajer:
Have some Patience Bro !
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smanq:
Have you tried the SGSII JB ROM v11.1?

It's not ICS, but it's a very good ROM.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RawnyRom:
Relax... he was just asking! No need to get so mean:mad:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prawesome:
Impossible/too much work

Nuff said
[HTC One V] LuigiBull23:
I recently switched from a Samsung phone to the HTC One V, rooted it, and installed a CM 10.1 rom. I created a nandroid backup in TWRP of my stock rom but after I tried restoring that backup the phone boots up past the Virgin Mobile logo but stays on the white HTC screen and never goes past that. It just freezes there. My only solution is flashing back to stock which I've tried but when I try flashing a Rom again I still can't restore my backup when something goes wrong. I've tried numerous times but I get the same result every time. This is my first HTC phone so I must know, did I do something wrong? Is there a different process on HTC phones when restoring nandroid backups? Someone please help me out.
[HTC One V] r3d_ark:
Process is right.... But u have to flash the kernel in fastboot again....